Topic 21: Jobs (Phần 2)

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Câu 1:

The Trump campaign ran on bringing jobs back to American shores, although mechanization has been the biggest reason for manufacturing jobs’ disappearance. Similar losses have led to populist movements in several other countries. But instead of a pro-job growth future, economists across the board predict further losses as AI, robotics, and other technologies continue to be ushered in. What is up for debate is how quickly this is likely to occur.

Now, an expert at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania is ringing the alarm bells. According to Art Bilger, venture capitalist and board member at the business school, all the developed nations on earth will see job loss rates of up to 47% within the next 25 years, according to a recent Oxford study. “No government is prepared,” The Economist reports. These include blue and white collar jobs. So far, the loss has been restricted to the blue collar variety, particularly in manufacturing.

To combat “structural unemployment” and the terrible blow, it is bound to deal the American people, Bilger has formed a nonprofit called Working Nation, whose mission it is to warn the public and to help make plans to safeguard them from this worrisome trend. Not only is the entire concept of employment about to change in a dramatic fashion, the trend is irreversible. The venture capitalist called on corporations, academia, government, and nonprofits to cooperate in modernizing our workforce.

To be clear, mechanization has always cost us jobs. The mechanical loom, for instance, put weavers out of business. But it also created jobs. Mechanics had to keep the machines going, machinists had to make parts for them, and workers had to attend to them, and so on. A lot of times those in one profession could pivot to another. At the beginning of the 20th century, for instance, automobiles were putting blacksmiths out of business. Who needed horseshoes anymore? But they soon became mechanics. And who was better suited?

Not so with this new trend. Unemployment today is significant in most developed nations and it’s only going to get worse. By 2034, just a few decades, mid-level jobs will be by and large obsolete. So far the benefits have only gone to the ultra-wealthy, the top 1%. This coming technological revolution is set to wipe out what looks to be the entire middle class. Not only will computers be able to perform tasks more cheaply than people, they’ll be more efficient too.

Accountants, doctors, lawyers, teachers, bureaucrats, and financial analysts beware: your jobs are not safe. According to The Economist, computers will be able to analyze and compare reams of data to make financial decisions or medical ones. There will be less of a chance of fraud or misdiagnosis, and the process will be more efficient. Not only are these folks in trouble, such a trend is likely to freeze salaries for those who remain employed, while income gaps only increase in size. You can imagine what this will do to politics and social stability.

(Source: https://bigthink.com/)

Which of the following could be the main idea of the passage?

A. Many jobs will disappear in the future.

B. AI will replace the workers’ positions in almost jobs.

C. Manufacturing jobs are predicted to be the first ones to disappear.

D. Changing jobs is not a new trend in the future.

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Đáp án A

Câu nào trong các câu sau có thể là ý chính của đoạn văn?
A. Nhiều công việc sẽ biến mất trong tương lai.
B. Trí thông minh nhân tạo sẽ thay thế vị trí của các công nhân trong hầu hết các công việc.
C. Công việc sản xuất được dự đoán sẽ là những công việc đầu tiên biến mất.
D. Thay đổi công việc không còn là một xu hướng mới trong tương lai.
Căn cứ thông tin đoạn 1:
The Trump campaign ran on bringing jobs back to American shores, although mechanization has been the biggest reason for manufacturing jobs’ disappearance. Similar losses have led to populist movements in several other countries. But instead of a pro-job growth future, economists across the board predict further losses as AI, robotics, and other technologies continue to be ushered in. What is up for debate is how quickly this is likely to occur.
(Các chiến dịch Trump khởi động nhằm mục tiêu mang việc làm trở lại bờ biển Mỹ, mặc dù cơ giới hóa là lý do lớn nhất cho sự biến mất của các công việc sản xuất. Những tổn thất tương tự đã dẫn đến phong trào dân túy ở một số quốc gia khác. Nhưng thay vì một tương lai tăng trưởng nghề nghiệp, các nhà kinh tế trên thế giới dự đoán những tổn thất xa hơn vì trí thông minh nhân tạo, robot, và các công nghệ khác tiếp tục được đưa vào sử dụng. Cái cần tranh luận là điều này có khả năng xảy ra nhanh đến mức nào.)

Câu 2:

The Trump campaign ran on bringing jobs back to American shores, although mechanization has been the biggest reason for manufacturing jobs’ disappearance. Similar losses have led to populist movements in several other countries. But instead of a pro-job growth future, economists across the board predict further losses as AI, robotics, and other technologies continue to be ushered in. What is up for debate is how quickly this is likely to occur.

Now, an expert at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania is ringing the alarm bells. According to Art Bilger, venture capitalist and board member at the business school, all the developed nations on earth will see job loss rates of up to 47% within the next 25 years, according to a recent Oxford study. “No government is prepared,” The Economist reports. These include blue and white collar jobs. So far, the loss has been restricted to the blue collar variety, particularly in manufacturing.

To combat “structural unemployment” and the terrible blow, it is bound to deal the American people, Bilger has formed a nonprofit called Working Nation, whose mission it is to warn the public and to help make plans to safeguard them from this worrisome trend. Not only is the entire concept of employment about to change in a dramatic fashion, the trend is irreversible. The venture capitalist called on corporations, academia, government, and nonprofits to cooperate in modernizing our workforce.

To be clear, mechanization has always cost us jobs. The mechanical loom, for instance, put weavers out of business. But it also created jobs. Mechanics had to keep the machines going, machinists had to make parts for them, and workers had to attend to them, and so on. A lot of times those in one profession could pivot to another. At the beginning of the 20th century, for instance, automobiles were putting blacksmiths out of business. Who needed horseshoes anymore? But they soon became mechanics. And who was better suited?

Not so with this new trend. Unemployment today is significant in most developed nations and it’s only going to get worse. By 2034, just a few decades, mid-level jobs will be by and large obsolete. So far the benefits have only gone to the ultra-wealthy, the top 1%. This coming technological revolution is set to wipe out what looks to be the entire middle class. Not only will computers be able to perform tasks more cheaply than people, they’ll be more efficient too.

Accountants, doctors, lawyers, teachers, bureaucrats, and financial analysts beware: your jobs are not safe. According to The Economist, computers will be able to analyze and compare reams of data to make financial decisions or medical ones. There will be less of a chance of fraud or misdiagnosis, and the process will be more efficient. Not only are these folks in trouble, such a trend is likely to freeze salaries for those who remain employed, while income gaps only increase in size. You can imagine what this will do to politics and social stability.

(Source: https://bigthink.com/)

It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that “blue and white collar jobs” are related to ______.

A. people whose uniforms’ colors are blue and white.

B. people who are distinguished by the colors of their collars.

C. people who do physical work in industry and who work in an office.

D. people (mainly women) who do low-paid jobs, for example in offices and restaurants.

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Đáp án C

Có thể suy ra từ đoạn 2 rằng “blue and white collar jobs” có liên quan đến ____________.
A. những người mặc đồng phục trắng và xanh dương.
B. những người được phân biệt qua màu sắc của cổ áo.
C. những người lao động chân tay trong ngành công nghiệp và những nhân viên văn phòng.
D. những người (chủ yếu là phụ nữ) làm những công việc với mức lương thấp như ở văn phòng hay nhà hàng.
Căn cứ thông tin đoạn 2:
These include blue and white collar jobs. So far, the loss has been restricted to the blue collar variety, particularly in manufacturing.
(Những mất mát này gồm cả các công nhân nhà máy và nhân viên văn phòng. Cho đến nay, sự mất mát đang bị giới hạn ở nhiều công việc tay chân, đặc biệt là trong sản xuất.)

Câu 3:

The Trump campaign ran on bringing jobs back to American shores, although mechanization has been the biggest reason for manufacturing jobs’ disappearance. Similar losses have led to populist movements in several other countries. But instead of a pro-job growth future, economists across the board predict further losses as AI, robotics, and other technologies continue to be ushered in. What is up for debate is how quickly this is likely to occur.

Now, an expert at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania is ringing the alarm bells. According to Art Bilger, venture capitalist and board member at the business school, all the developed nations on earth will see job loss rates of up to 47% within the next 25 years, according to a recent Oxford study. “No government is prepared,” The Economist reports. These include blue and white collar jobs. So far, the loss has been restricted to the blue collar variety, particularly in manufacturing.

To combat “structural unemployment” and the terrible blow, it is bound to deal the American people, Bilger has formed a nonprofit called Working Nation, whose mission it is to warn the public and to help make plans to safeguard them from this worrisome trend. Not only is the entire concept of employment about to change in a dramatic fashion, the trend is irreversible. The venture capitalist called on corporations, academia, government, and nonprofits to cooperate in modernizing our workforce.

To be clear, mechanization has always cost us jobs. The mechanical loom, for instance, put weavers out of business. But it also created jobs. Mechanics had to keep the machines going, machinists had to make parts for them, and workers had to attend to them, and so on. A lot of times those in one profession could pivot to another. At the beginning of the 20th century, for instance, automobiles were putting blacksmiths out of business. Who needed horseshoes anymore? But they soon became mechanics. And who was better suited?

Not so with this new trend. Unemployment today is significant in most developed nations and it’s only going to get worse. By 2034, just a few decades, mid-level jobs will be by and large obsolete. So far the benefits have only gone to the ultra-wealthy, the top 1%. This coming technological revolution is set to wipe out what looks to be the entire middle class. Not only will computers be able to perform tasks more cheaply than people, they’ll be more efficient too.

Accountants, doctors, lawyers, teachers, bureaucrats, and financial analysts beware: your jobs are not safe. According to The Economist, computers will be able to analyze and compare reams of data to make financial decisions or medical ones. There will be less of a chance of fraud or misdiagnosis, and the process will be more efficient. Not only are these folks in trouble, such a trend is likely to freeze salaries for those who remain employed, while income gaps only increase in size. You can imagine what this will do to politics and social stability.

(Source: https://bigthink.com/)

The word “irreversible” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _________.

A. impermanent

B. remediable

C. reparable

D. unalterable

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Đáp án D

Từ “irreversible” trong đoạn 3 gần nghĩa nhất với từ __________.
A. tạm thời
B. có thể sửa chữa được
C. có thể đền bù được
D. không thể thay đổi được
Từ đồng nghĩa: irreversible (không thể thay đổi được) = unalterable
Not only is the entire concept of employment about to change in a dramatic fashion, the trend is irreversible.

(Không chỉ toàn bộ khái niệm về việc làm sắp thay đổi theo kiểu thời trang ấn tượng, mà xu hướng này là không thể thay đổi được).

Câu 4:

The Trump campaign ran on bringing jobs back to American shores, although mechanization has been the biggest reason for manufacturing jobs’ disappearance. Similar losses have led to populist movements in several other countries. But instead of a pro-job growth future, economists across the board predict further losses as AI, robotics, and other technologies continue to be ushered in. What is up for debate is how quickly this is likely to occur.

Now, an expert at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania is ringing the alarm bells. According to Art Bilger, venture capitalist and board member at the business school, all the developed nations on earth will see job loss rates of up to 47% within the next 25 years, according to a recent Oxford study. “No government is prepared,” The Economist reports. These include blue and white collar jobs. So far, the loss has been restricted to the blue collar variety, particularly in manufacturing.

To combat “structural unemployment” and the terrible blow, it is bound to deal the American people, Bilger has formed a nonprofit called Working Nation, whose mission it is to warn the public and to help make plans to safeguard them from this worrisome trend. Not only is the entire concept of employment about to change in a dramatic fashion, the trend is irreversible. The venture capitalist called on corporations, academia, government, and nonprofits to cooperate in modernizing our workforce.

To be clear, mechanization has always cost us jobs. The mechanical loom, for instance, put weavers out of business. But it also created jobs. Mechanics had to keep the machines going, machinists had to make parts for them, and workers had to attend to them, and so on. A lot of times those in one profession could pivot to another. At the beginning of the 20th century, for instance, automobiles were putting blacksmiths out of business. Who needed horseshoes anymore? But they soon became mechanics. And who was better suited?

Not so with this new trend. Unemployment today is significant in most developed nations and it’s only going to get worse. By 2034, just a few decades, mid-level jobs will be by and large obsolete. So far the benefits have only gone to the ultra-wealthy, the top 1%. This coming technological revolution is set to wipe out what looks to be the entire middle class. Not only will computers be able to perform tasks more cheaply than people, they’ll be more efficient too.

Accountants, doctors, lawyers, teachers, bureaucrats, and financial analysts beware: your jobs are not safe. According to The Economist, computers will be able to analyze and compare reams of data to make financial decisions or medical ones. There will be less of a chance of fraud or misdiagnosis, and the process will be more efficient. Not only are these folks in trouble, such a trend is likely to freeze salaries for those who remain employed, while income gaps only increase in size. You can imagine what this will do to politics and social stability.

(Source: https://bigthink.com/)

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about jobs in the future?

A. AI, robots and technologies continuously used will put more labourers out of their jobs.

B. Every country has applied many policies to prepare for the massive loss of jobs in the next 25 years.

C. Many different organizations are called to cooperate in renovating the workforce.

D. Working Nation is an organization founded to warn the public and make plans to save people from job loss.

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Đáp án B

Theo đoạn văn, câu nào là không đúng về nghề nghiệp trong tương lai?
A. Trí thông minh nhân tạo, robot và các công nghệ khác tiếp tục được sử dụng sẽ khiến nhiều người lao động mất việc làm.
B. Mỗi đất nước đã áp dụng nhiều chính sách để chuẩn bị cho sự mất việc đồng loạt trong 25 năm tới.
C. Nhiều tổ chức khác nhau được kêu gọi hợp tác trong việc đổi mới lực lượng lao động.
D. “Working Nation” là một tổ chức được thành lập để cảnh báo công chúng và lập kế hoạch để bảo vệ con người khỏi mất việc.
Căn cứ vào các thông tin sau:
But instead of a pro-job growth future, economists across the board predict further losses as AI, robotics, and other technologies continue to be ushered in. What is up for debate is how quickly this is likely to occur.

(Nhưng thay vì một tương lai tăng trưởng nghề nghiệp, các nhà kinh tế trên thế giới dự đoán những tổn thất xa hơn vì trí thông minh nhân tạo, robot, và các công nghệ khác tiếp tục được đưa vào sử dụng. Cái cần tranh luận là điều này có khả năng xảy ra nhanh đến mức nào.)
According to Art Bilger, venture capitalist and board member at the business school, all the developed nations on earth will see job loss rates of up to 47% within the next 25 years, according to a recent Oxford study. “No government is prepared,” The Economist reports.

(Theo Art Bilger, một nhà đầu tư mạo hiểm và thành viên hội đồng quản trị tại trường kinh doanh, tất cả các quốc gia phát triển trên trái đất sẽ chứng kiến tỷ lệ mất việc làm lên đến 47% trong vòng 25 năm tới, theo một nghiên cứu gần đây của Oxford. “Không có chính phủ nào được chuẩn bị cho điều này,” tờ The Economist đưa tin.)
The venture capitalist called on corporations, academia, government, and nonprofits to cooperate in modernizing our workforce.

(Nhà tư bản mạo hiểm kêu gọi các tập đoàn, học viện, chính phủ và các tổ chức phi lợi nhuận hợp tác hiện đại hóa lực lượng lao động của chúng ta.)
Bilger has formed a nonprofit called Working Nation, whose mission it is to warn the public and to help make plans to safeguard them from this worrisome trend.

(Bilger đã thành lập một tổ chức phi lợi nhuận gọi là “Working Nation”, có sứ mệnh cảnh báo công chúng và giúp lập kế hoạch bảo vệ họ khỏi xu hướng đáng lo ngại này.)

Câu 5:

The Trump campaign ran on bringing jobs back to American shores, although mechanization has been the biggest reason for manufacturing jobs’ disappearance. Similar losses have led to populist movements in several other countries. But instead of a pro-job growth future, economists across the board predict further losses as AI, robotics, and other technologies continue to be ushered in. What is up for debate is how quickly this is likely to occur.

Now, an expert at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania is ringing the alarm bells. According to Art Bilger, venture capitalist and board member at the business school, all the developed nations on earth will see job loss rates of up to 47% within the next 25 years, according to a recent Oxford study. “No government is prepared,” The Economist reports. These include blue and white collar jobs. So far, the loss has been restricted to the blue collar variety, particularly in manufacturing.

To combat “structural unemployment” and the terrible blow, it is bound to deal the American people, Bilger has formed a nonprofit called Working Nation, whose mission it is to warn the public and to help make plans to safeguard them from this worrisome trend. Not only is the entire concept of employment about to change in a dramatic fashion, the trend is irreversible. The venture capitalist called on corporations, academia, government, and nonprofits to cooperate in modernizing our workforce.

To be clear, mechanization has always cost us jobs. The mechanical loom, for instance, put weavers out of business. But it also created jobs. Mechanics had to keep the machines going, machinists had to make parts for them, and workers had to attend to them, and so on. A lot of times those in one profession could pivot to another. At the beginning of the 20th century, for instance, automobiles were putting blacksmiths out of business. Who needed horseshoes anymore? But they soon became mechanics. And who was better suited?

Not so with this new trend. Unemployment today is significant in most developed nations and it’s only going to get worse. By 2034, just a few decades, mid-level jobs will be by and large obsolete. So far the benefits have only gone to the ultra-wealthy, the top 1%. This coming technological revolution is set to wipe out what looks to be the entire middle class. Not only will computers be able to perform tasks more cheaply than people, they’ll be more efficient too.

Accountants, doctors, lawyers, teachers, bureaucrats, and financial analysts beware: your jobs are not safe. According to The Economist, computers will be able to analyze and compare reams of data to make financial decisions or medical ones. There will be less of a chance of fraud or misdiagnosis, and the process will be more efficient. Not only are these folks in trouble, such a trend is likely to freeze salaries for those who remain employed, while income gaps only increase in size. You can imagine what this will do to politics and social stability.

(Source: https://bigthink.com/)

According to paragraph 4, what is the advantage of mechanization?

A. Although mechanization drives people out of work, it also creates more jobs.

B. People can change their jobs to be more suitable with the society.

C. People will no longer need the useless like horseshoes.

D. Workers will spend less time on manufacturing with the help of machines.

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Đáp án A

Theo đoạn 4, lợi ích của sự cơ giới hoá là gì?
A. Mặc dù sự cơ giới hoá khiến nhiều người mất việc nhưng nó cũng tạo ra nhiều việc hơn.
B. Nhiều người có thể thay đổi công việc để phù hợp hơn với xã hội.
C. Nhiều người sẽ không còn cần những thứ vô dụng như móng ngựa nữa.
D. Công nhân sẽ sử dụng ít thời gian hơn trong sản xuất với sự giúp đỡ của máy móc.
Căn cứ thông tin đoạn 4:
To be clear, mechanization has always cost us jobs. The mechanical loom, for instance, put weavers out of business. But it also created jobs. Mechanics had to keep the machines going, machinists had to make parts for them, and workers had to attend to them, and so on.
(Rõ ràng rằng sự cơ giới hóa luôn luôn được đánh đổi bằng chính công ăn việc làm của chúng ta. Ví dụ, máy dệt cơ khí sẽ loại bỏ người thợ dệt ra khỏi ngành này. Nhưng nó cũng tạo ra công ăn việc làm. Thợ máy phải giữ cho máy móc hoạt động, các thợ chế tạo máy phải chế tạo các bộ phận cho máy móc, và công nhân phải có mặt làm cùng với máy móc, vân vân).

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